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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      32,722</td>
<td class="r data">      20,178</td>
<td class="r data">    61.7</td>
<td class="r data">      27,414</td>
<td class="r data">      17,500</td>
<td class="r data">    63.8</td>
<td class="r data">       5,308</td>
<td class="r data">       2,678</td>
<td class="r data">    50.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      41,897</td>
<td class="r data">      27,045</td>
<td class="r data">    64.6</td>
<td class="r data">      35,684</td>
<td class="r data">      23,739</td>
<td class="r data">    66.5</td>
<td class="r data">       6,213</td>
<td class="r data">       3,306</td>
<td class="r data">    53.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      42,640</td>
<td class="r data">      26,721</td>
<td class="r data">    62.7</td>
<td class="r data">      36,377</td>
<td class="r data">      23,551</td>
<td class="r data">    64.7</td>
<td class="r data">       6,263</td>
<td class="r data">       3,170</td>
<td class="r data">    50.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      42,494</td>
<td class="r data">      26,410</td>
<td class="r data">    62.1</td>
<td class="r data">      36,299</td>
<td class="r data">      23,342</td>
<td class="r data">    64.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,195</td>
<td class="r data">       3,068</td>
<td class="r data">    49.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      43,626</td>
<td class="r data">      27,044</td>
<td class="r data">    62.0</td>
<td class="r data">      37,093</td>
<td class="r data">      23,823</td>
<td class="r data">    64.2</td>
<td class="r data">       6,533</td>
<td class="r data">       3,221</td>
<td class="r data">    49.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      43,610</td>
<td class="r data">      26,529</td>
<td class="r data">    60.8</td>
<td class="r data">      37,133</td>
<td class="r data">      23,508</td>
<td class="r data">    63.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,477</td>
<td class="r data">       3,021</td>
<td class="r data">    46.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      43,684</td>
<td class="r data">      26,219</td>
<td class="r data">    60.0</td>
<td class="r data">      37,838</td>
<td class="r data">      23,550</td>
<td class="r data">    62.2</td>
<td class="r data">       5,846</td>
<td class="r data">       2,669</td>
<td class="r data">    45.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      43,997</td>
<td class="r data">      25,991</td>
<td class="r data">    59.1</td>
<td class="r data">      38,359</td>
<td class="r data">      23,442</td>
<td class="r data">    61.1</td>
<td class="r data">       5,638</td>
<td class="r data">       2,549</td>
<td class="r data">    45.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      44,116</td>
<td class="r data">      25,751</td>
<td class="r data">    58.4</td>
<td class="r data">      38,496</td>
<td class="r data">      23,289</td>
<td class="r data">    60.5</td>
<td class="r data">       5,620</td>
<td class="r data">       2,462</td>
<td class="r data">    43.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      42,940</td>
<td class="r data">      24,934</td>
<td class="r data">    58.1</td>
<td class="r data">      37,822</td>
<td class="r data">      22,667</td>
<td class="r data">    59.9</td>
<td class="r data">       5,118</td>
<td class="r data">       2,267</td>
<td class="r data">    44.3</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      32,142</td>
<td class="r data">      19,877</td>
<td class="r data">    61.8</td>
<td class="r data">      26,937</td>
<td class="r data">      17,231</td>
<td class="r data">    64.0</td>
<td class="r data">       5,205</td>
<td class="r data">       2,646</td>
<td class="r data">    50.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      41,280</td>
<td class="r data">      26,728</td>
<td class="r data">    64.7</td>
<td class="r data">      35,162</td>
<td class="r data">      23,452</td>
<td class="r data">    66.7</td>
<td class="r data">       6,118</td>
<td class="r data">       3,276</td>
<td class="r data">    53.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      41,973</td>
<td class="r data">      26,392</td>
<td class="r data">    62.9</td>
<td class="r data">      35,819</td>
<td class="r data">      23,246</td>
<td class="r data">    64.9</td>
<td class="r data">       6,154</td>
<td class="r data">       3,146</td>
<td class="r data">    51.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      41,856</td>
<td class="r data">      26,034</td>
<td class="r data">    62.2</td>
<td class="r data">      35,776</td>
<td class="r data">      23,001</td>
<td class="r data">    64.3</td>
<td class="r data">       6,080</td>
<td class="r data">       3,033</td>
<td class="r data">    49.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      42,625</td>
<td class="r data">      26,319</td>
<td class="r data">    61.7</td>
<td class="r data">      36,203</td>
<td class="r data">      23,126</td>
<td class="r data">    63.9</td>
<td class="r data">       6,422</td>
<td class="r data">       3,193</td>
<td class="r data">    49.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      42,631</td>
<td class="r data">      25,810</td>
<td class="r data">    60.5</td>
<td class="r data">      36,238</td>
<td class="r data">      22,816</td>
<td class="r data">    63.0</td>
<td class="r data">       6,393</td>
<td class="r data">       2,994</td>
<td class="r data">    46.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      42,707</td>
<td class="r data">      25,488</td>
<td class="r data">    59.7</td>
<td class="r data">      36,950</td>
<td class="r data">      22,841</td>
<td class="r data">    61.8</td>
<td class="r data">       5,757</td>
<td class="r data">       2,647</td>
<td class="r data">    46.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      42,975</td>
<td class="r data">      25,190</td>
<td class="r data">    58.6</td>
<td class="r data">      37,426</td>
<td class="r data">      22,659</td>
<td class="r data">    60.5</td>
<td class="r data">       5,549</td>
<td class="r data">       2,531</td>
<td class="r data">    45.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      43,250</td>
<td class="r data">      25,058</td>
<td class="r data">    57.9</td>
<td class="r data">      37,706</td>
<td class="r data">      22,620</td>
<td class="r data">    60.0</td>
<td class="r data">       5,544</td>
<td class="r data">       2,438</td>
<td class="r data">    44.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      42,152</td>
<td class="r data">      24,317</td>
<td class="r data">    57.7</td>
<td class="r data">      37,100</td>
<td class="r data">      22,072</td>
<td class="r data">    59.5</td>
<td class="r data">       5,052</td>
<td class="r data">       2,245</td>
<td class="r data">    44.4</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         482</td>
<td class="r data">         255</td>
<td class="r data">    52.9</td>
<td class="r data">         409</td>
<td class="r data">         226</td>
<td class="r data">    55.3</td>
<td class="r data">          73</td>
<td class="r data">          29</td>
<td class="r data">    39.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         502</td>
<td class="r data">         253</td>
<td class="r data">    50.4</td>
<td class="r data">         433</td>
<td class="r data">         230</td>
<td class="r data">    53.1</td>
<td class="r data">          69</td>
<td class="r data">          23</td>
<td class="r data">    33.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         512</td>
<td class="r data">         255</td>
<td class="r data">    49.8</td>
<td class="r data">         442</td>
<td class="r data">         235</td>
<td class="r data">    53.2</td>
<td class="r data">          70</td>
<td class="r data">          20</td>
<td class="r data">    28.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         488</td>
<td class="r data">         271</td>
<td class="r data">    55.5</td>
<td class="r data">         399</td>
<td class="r data">         238</td>
<td class="r data">    59.6</td>
<td class="r data">          89</td>
<td class="r data">          33</td>
<td class="r data">    37.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         548</td>
<td class="r data">         344</td>
<td class="r data">    62.8</td>
<td class="r data">         477</td>
<td class="r data">         322</td>
<td class="r data">    67.5</td>
<td class="r data">          71</td>
<td class="r data">          22</td>
<td class="r data">    31.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         501</td>
<td class="r data">         298</td>
<td class="r data">    59.5</td>
<td class="r data">         448</td>
<td class="r data">         278</td>
<td class="r data">    62.1</td>
<td class="r data">          53</td>
<td class="r data">          20</td>
<td class="r data">    37.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         444</td>
<td class="r data">         255</td>
<td class="r data">    57.4</td>
<td class="r data">         389</td>
<td class="r data">         239</td>
<td class="r data">    61.4</td>
<td class="r data">          55</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    29.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         425</td>
<td class="r data">         260</td>
<td class="r data">    61.2</td>
<td class="r data">         371</td>
<td class="r data">         249</td>
<td class="r data">    67.1</td>
<td class="r data">          54</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    20.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         327</td>
<td class="r data">         198</td>
<td class="r data">    60.6</td>
<td class="r data">         276</td>
<td class="r data">         185</td>
<td class="r data">    67.0</td>
<td class="r data">          51</td>
<td class="r data">          13</td>
<td class="r data">    25.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         313</td>
<td class="r data">         202</td>
<td class="r data">    64.5</td>
<td class="r data">         279</td>
<td class="r data">         188</td>
<td class="r data">    67.4</td>
<td class="r data">          34</td>
<td class="r data">          14</td>
<td class="r data">    41.2</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">          98</td>
<td class="r data">          46</td>
<td class="r data">    46.9</td>
<td class="r data">          68</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          30</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         115</td>
<td class="r data">          64</td>
<td class="r data">    55.7</td>
<td class="r data">          89</td>
<td class="r data">          57</td>
<td class="r data">    64.0</td>
<td class="r data">          26</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    26.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         155</td>
<td class="r data">          74</td>
<td class="r data">    47.7</td>
<td class="r data">         116</td>
<td class="r data">          70</td>
<td class="r data">    60.3</td>
<td class="r data">          39</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    10.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         150</td>
<td class="r data">         105</td>
<td class="r data">    70.0</td>
<td class="r data">         124</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">          26</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         453</td>
<td class="r data">         381</td>
<td class="r data">    84.1</td>
<td class="r data">         413</td>
<td class="r data">         375</td>
<td class="r data">    90.8</td>
<td class="r data">          40</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    15.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         478</td>
<td class="r data">         421</td>
<td class="r data">    88.1</td>
<td class="r data">         447</td>
<td class="r data">         414</td>
<td class="r data">    92.6</td>
<td class="r data">          31</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    22.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         533</td>
<td class="r data">         476</td>
<td class="r data">    89.3</td>
<td class="r data">         499</td>
<td class="r data">         470</td>
<td class="r data">    94.2</td>
<td class="r data">          34</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    17.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         597</td>
<td class="r data">         541</td>
<td class="r data">    90.6</td>
<td class="r data">         562</td>
<td class="r data">         534</td>
<td class="r data">    95.0</td>
<td class="r data">          35</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    20.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         539</td>
<td class="r data">         495</td>
<td class="r data">    91.8</td>
<td class="r data">         514</td>
<td class="r data">         484</td>
<td class="r data">    94.2</td>
<td class="r data">          25</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    44.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         475</td>
<td class="r data">         415</td>
<td class="r data">    87.4</td>
<td class="r data">         443</td>
<td class="r data">         407</td>
<td class="r data">    91.9</td>
<td class="r data">          32</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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